Parent Resources

The following websites provide additional information regarding the programs, services and partnerships at Westlake School.

Edmark Reading Program

http://www.donjohnston.com/products/edmark

The Edmark Reading Program teaches basic reading skills to the most struggling readers and non-readers. Through short instructional steps, students are taught recognition and comprehension of words. Carefully planned introduction of words and evolution of sentence structure promote language development. The content is appropriate for students of all ages. Student progress is automatically tracked, and single-switch scanning is supported.

Autism Speaks is the leading advocacy agency in the country whose mission is to inform and raise public awareness of autism by raising money to fund research. The website provides current information about autism research and idea.

This official home of Carol Gray, the professional who developed Social Stories, provides information about guidelines for writing social stories, sample stories and additional resources for using social stories to teach social skills to children with autistic spectrum disorders.

Foss Science is a research-based science curriculum for grades K-8 which is active-learning science curriculum. The FOSS Program bridges research and practice by providing tools and strategies to engage students and teachers in enduring experiences that lead to deeper understanding of the natural and designed worlds.

The AFLS is comprised of The AFLS Guide and assessment protocols that assess functional, practical, and essential skills of everyday life. The assessment exists on a continuum spanning throughout a learner’s life in home, school, and community settings. Each module is different yet each is connected by unifying themes and overarching goals for maximizing a learner’s freedom, independence, and opportunities. The AFLS includes Basic Living Skills, Home Skills, Community Participation, School Skills, Independent Living Skills and Vocational Skills Protocols.

Creature comforts, located in Morris Plains, New Jersey, provides visits to Westlake School with their therapy dogs.

Supports ProgramThe Supports Program was developed by the New Jersey Department of Human Services’
Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), which provides public funding for certain services
that assist eligible New Jersey adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, age 21
and older, to live as independently as possible.